Comb basket for honey extractors



April 29' v. v. KUNKEL coMB B AsKET-FoR HONEY ExTRAcToRs Original Filed May 2S. 1921 2 Shets-Sheet. 1,'

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v v KUNKEL COMB BASKET FOR HONEY EXTRACTORS original Filed May 2e,

April 29 '1924.

Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

v'UNITED STATES Nr rFrCE.

vIoTRv. xUivxEL, 1Vor Los ANGELES, cALrroRNrA.

coMBfBAsKET Folia Hon-EY Exrnno'rons.

Application 'filed may ze, i'siznserialiro. 472,929. 'Renewed March 24,1924.

To 'all whom t may concern. Y

Be it known that I, VICTOR V. KUNKEL,

a citizen of the United States, lresiding at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles i and State of California, have invented new adapted to receive the honeycomb sections, while the liquid honey is being extracted therefrom, the principal objects of my invention beingto generally -improve upon and simplify the existing forms of honeycomb baskets, to provide a basket having great strength and rigiditysdthat it will withstand the strains and stresses to Which it is ordinarily subjected Vwhile in service, to provide a construction that will enable the baskets vto beeasily and cheaply produced, to provide the baskets with reticulated side walls that are readily removable -in order` lto facilitate cleansing operations, and to provide simple and efficient lmeans for support-l ing thereticulated sidewalls in position upon the frame of the basket. l'.

With the foregoing .and other obJects 1n view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangementfof parts that will be lhereinafter more fully de`l scribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-n Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a comb receiving basket 'of fmy improved construction.

Fig. 2 isafvertical section'tak'en approximately on'the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontalfsection taken 'approximately on the line 3 3 Of Fig- 2f Y Fig. 4fis a vdetailperspective view of; parts of-,thefiframe members that Venter in'to the construction ofthe basket. l

Fig. 5;,is yan elevat'onal"view "bla-hk ,that .is utilized in the romanian f amaai- A formo/f the basket.`Y

Fi r7 'isay canalisation faken nf'he f llinie. j7 @frigo Fig.f8is a cross s'ectio'n laken-orfitlie vline-r:A

seams-Eig. 6.

Fig. 911

[of one ojf theside frames f 'the married 'formof the basket.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a practical embodiment of vmy invention, '10-10 designate the upright end walls of the basket, Whlch end ,Walls are preferably formed of sheets metal and their'side edges being bent inwardlyat rlght. angles to yform vertically disposedfjside flanges 11.

. -Thes'e end members vare framed together by relatively narrow rails or cross bars 12,

the ends 13vof which are attened and rigidl'yfixed to the` side flanges 11 in any suitable manner, preferably by rivets as illustrated, or,by `being spot welded. y

I ILorder to r'einforcethe skeleton frame :of vthe basket, diagonally disposed braces 14;, preferably thin metal bars, extend from 'the upper corners of the frame to the lower corners thereof, Said rails crossing each vrother at a centralpoint on the side of the frame'gand the ends of saidreinforcing member b'e'ing secured to the end portions of the sideanges l1 in v'any 'suitable manner, preflerably by being spot welded.

The diagonally ydisposed braces 14C have interlocking-connection with the horizontally disposed bars 12 and with each other vby ,the formation of notchessuch as l5 in said braces and bars, which notches extend vapproximately half-way K- through the braces and barsas illustrated in Fig. 4, thereby enabling the parts to be fitted together and provide strong, substantial and compact joints.

Fixed in ,any-,suitable manner to the upper ,andlower'endsjof one of the end members 10, are plates16 having their outer ends ,bent laterally to form ears 17 and which latter may be perforated or 'provided vwith bearings whereby the basketmay be pivotallyInounted in thereel or rotating carrier "ofi, the ,honey extractor.

l ure'd/ vvvanyfsuitalole finanner to the lofvvjercrossbarslorrails 12 onfbothfsipdes of 'the l"basket, are the upperV portions ,of the :yertcally disposed legs g of ,U-'shaped suped form @f thebsskst nemmbs18prferablvformed of Fig. -6 is an'felevational'vlewof'arnodified l nd l the lower portions thereof,

dend 'lower- "endfpotions, of y.the

l by diagonally disposed members 30 the endsy honeycomb' sections that are positioned `in the basket.

Fixed in any suitable manner to the innerV faces of the end members V of the basket,-

are vertically disposed plates 19, preferably of thin sheet metal, the side edges of which are bent inwardly at right angles to Aformv vertically disposed side flanges that occupy positions spaced apart from and parallel with, the side flanges 11, and, as a result of such construction, relatively` narrow channels or guideways such as 21are formed between the flanges -11 and 2O and which channels are adapted to be occupied by the side edges of the removable side walls of the cage. These side walls, which are designated by the numeral 22, are formed of suitable reticulated material, such als wire netting, the edges thereof being, preferably, bound with strips of metal and saidY reticulated walls are removably positioned in the frame of the basket with their side edges positioned in the channels or guideways 21 between the flanges 11 and 20.

The lower ends of the side flanges 20 are bent outwardly into horizontal planes as designated by 23, and said outwardly bent portions extend across the channels or guideways 21, thereby forming stops or shoulders upon which the lower corners of the reticulated side walls22 rest when the same are properly positioned within the cage. Y

l In the modified formof the cage il1us trated in Figs. 5-9 inclusive, the sides of the frame of the cage are constructed from substantially rectangular sheets 25 of metal, in which is formed a vertical row of hori- Zontally disposed openings 26 fand the narrow strips of material A27 between said open- Vings being bent -along their longitudinally disposed medial lines to -form channelshaped members that are substantially V- Vshaped in cross section, with the legs or flanges outwardly presented. and 9.) l

The end portions of each section of Inaterial, or those portions beyond the openings 26, are bent along the dotted lines 28 into positions at right angles to Vthe, plane occupied by the main body portion 4of the side frame, and thesebent end portions are secured to the corresponding end-'portions of an oppositely disposed side piece by means of rivets 29 or like fastening devices,

(See Figs. 7

thereby forming a skeleton cage that is com- 1 posed of but two main parts.V Y v The sides of this cage may be reinforced of which are secured to the upper and lower corners of the side frame members, and, to support the comb while in1the cage, relatively heavy wires are bent to form vU-shaped members 31, the vertical legs of ,which are secured `to, the transverselyjldisposed cross pieces v27 in any suitable manner, preferably Vto clean the cage.

by being passedv through suitably located apertures that are formed in said cross pleces.

Secured to the inner faces of the end Y walls of the cage. thus constructed, are channel-shaped members 32, the anges on the ends of which are spaced apart from the adjacent portions of the side frame members,

'thereby forming vertical channels 33 that reticulated side walls Vthat maybe easily and quickly removed when it becomesznecessary .The relatively simple structure of the cage permits it to be easily and cheaply produced andthe arrangement of the transverse and diagonal bars 12 and 14 on the sides of the framework of the cage provides A a very strong and substantial structure that is well able to withstand the strains produced by the pressure of the honeycomb sections during the centrifugal extracting operations.

The skeleton frame `of the cage Vis preferably galvanized or tinned after being prop-V erly assembled, thusmaterially' increasing its strength and stability, and at the same time lling all interstices which might otherwise provide collecting places for liquid honey.

t will be readily Lunderstood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved honeycomb receiving basket may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: ff i 1. In a honeycomb basket, ay skeleton frame having .channelfshaped Aend walls, channel members arranged on the inner faces of said channel-shaped end walls, the flanges of` said .channel-shaped members `being spaced apart' from the flanges onthe chan- ;nel-shaped end walls, and reticulatedfside walls removablypositioned in said skeleton frame with their side edges positioned between the flanges on l'saidchannel-shaped members and channel-shaped endwa'lls.l

2. In a honeycomb basket, a skeleton tween the flanges on said channel-shaped members and channel-shaped end walls, and portions of the flanges at the lower ends of said channel-shaped members being bent into horizontal planes to form shoulders upon which the lower corners of the reticulated side walls are adapted to rest.

3. A honeycomb basket comprising a pair of flanged end walls, cross rails connecting said end walls, flanged plates applied to the inner faces of said end walls, the flanges of which plates are spaced apart from the flanges of said end walls to form vertically disposed guideways, and reticulated side walls removably positioned in the frame of the cage with their side edges occupying the guideways between the flanges on said end walls and plates.

4. A honeycomb basket comprising a pair of flanged end walls, cross rails Aconnecting said end walls, flanged plates applied to the inner faces of said end walls, the ianges of which plates are spaced apart from the flanges of said end walls to form vertically disposed guideways, reticulated side walls removably positioned in the frame of the cage with their side edges occupying the guideways between the flanges on said end walls and plates, and brackets on the ends of one of the flanged end walls.

5. A honeycomb basket comprising a pair of flanged end walls, cross rails connecting said end walls, fianged plates applied to the inner faces of said end walls, the flanges of which platesv are spaced apart from the flanges of said end walls to form vertically disposed guideways, reticulated side walls removably positioned in the frame of the cage with their side edges occupying the guideways between the flanges on said end walls and plates, and U-shaped comb supports depending from the lower portion of the skeleton frame of the basket.

6. A honeycomb basket comprising a pair of flanged end walls, cross rails connecting said end walls, anged plates applied to the inner faces of said end walls, the flanges of which plates are spaced apart from the flanges of said end walls to form vertically disposed guideways, reticulated side walls removably positioned in the frame of the cage with their side edges occupying the guideways, between the flanges on said end walls and the plates, and stops in the lower portions of said guideways which stops serve as supports for said reticulated side walls.

7 A honeycomb basket 'constructed from connected metal plates in each of which is formed a vertical row of horizontally disposed openings, the strips of metal between said openings being bent so that they are substantially V-shaped in cross section, and U-shaped comb-supporting members having their vertical legs passed through openings 4formed in said V-shaped metal strips.

8. The combination with a honeycomb basket having transversely disposed members arranged at the lower portions of its sides, of honeycomb supports comprising U-shaped members having their vertical legs passed through` said transversely disposedv members.

9. In a honeycomb basket, a skeleton frame having overlapping members that constitute end walls, and transversely disposed rail members formed integral with and connecting said overlapping members.

10. In a honeycomb basket, a skeleton frame having overlapping members that constitute end walls, transversely disposedl rail members formed integral with and connecting said overlapping members, and U- shaped comb-supporting members having their vertical legs passed through said transversely disposed rail members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

VICTOR V. KUNKEL. 

